Frequency Identification and Wireless Sensor Networks Near-Field Focusing Dielectric Resonator Antenna Array for Fixed RFID Readers Regular Paper

The design of a NF- focused DRA phased array antenna is implemented for fixed RFID reader applications at 5.8 GHz. The radiated field is focused in the near-zone of the array aperture. Numerical investigations on the radiation characteristics of the NF- focused array as well as uniform phase array are presented to demonstrate its feasibility for RFID real applications.

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